Impact of Internet closure in Markets in Bareilly, business of crores affected by online payment -Internet -closing hits Dussehra enterprise in Bareilly

Updated: Do, 02 Oct 2025 10:22 PM (IST) in Bareilly, the sudden closure of the Internet has affected the Dussehra market. Customers could not pay online, so many people returned without shopping. Pan Chaat and Dhaba operators were also damaged. Traders and ordinary people have had problems as trading in the market has been affected. Internet closing has caused customers to have cash problems. Jagran correspondent, Bareilly. Everything was normal on Thursday afternoon at 14:00. Suddenly, the message on the Watts app groups broadcast that the Internet service would be closed between 48 hours that afternoon. An hour went by in the midst of the possibility of confusion and rumor, but no officer or department issued authorized information. Internet service was actually stopped at two to three hours. Remove ads, just read the news, without pre -information information, people couldn’t make online payment due to the closure of the internet. QR scanners worked and did not do debit credit cards. That evening, most people about this were worried about the Dussehra festivals that the habit of keeping cash in the bag was missed, and now the online payment suddenly failed. In such a situation, a large number of clients had to return without eating and eating. At the same time, customers who made sporadic purchases were also forced to face cash and vacation mess. The city has the biggest impact on traders and the general public due to the riots after the prayers of Jumme in the city Friday. As a result, the market was closed on Friday, while the market was completely disrupted due to Internet services disrupted on Saturday and Sunday. When the Internet services started on Monday, the market gained momentum. Bumper purchases were made Tuesday and Navami in the market on the Ashtami of Navratri. Most of the sales were purchased by vehicles, bikes, e-bikes, scooties as well as electrical and electronic items. After this, the market flowered on Thursday of Dussehra that a letter was suddenly shared Thursday afternoon, which mentioned the closure of Internet services from 15:00. People were confused for a long time, but the administration or police did not clear anything about it. Internet services suddenly disrupted the evening. This has affected trade in rupees in the market. If many people eat sweet pane on Dussehra, most of the pane sellers pack the sweet pane, so the customers can get quickly as the crowd, but when the customer arrives due to the closure of the Internet, the cash was first made. Anjani Kumar, the director of the Janriya Paan Bhandar on Butler Plaza, says many customers have returned the reason for non -payment online. The same says Pappu Kashyap, the Dhaba operator of food. He says people ate Navratri in large numbers in the Hotel Dhabas, but about 25 percent of people returned due to non -payment online, while five percent had to borrow from people. At the same time, Gaurav Rana, the director of Chhotalal Chaat Bhandar in Civil Lines, says that every fourth customer returns because there is a problem due to non -payment online. Vibha, the customer present, says that in the e-Pocket era, cash in the bag got out of fashion, but due to the closure of the internet, he kept cash and vacation money before leaving the house so he didn’t have to worry. Similarly, sales of other products have been affected due to the stopping of the Internet, which will continue.